In April, Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust announced that Todd Meadows has been promoted to executive vice president/director of loan operations, Keith Purvis is now senior vice president/consumer lending manager and Chris Reynolds has been promoted to vice president/credit manager.
Meadows has been employed in various positions within the bank and its holding company for more than 36 years. Most recently, he served as president of the First State Bank of Overton, a Texas Bank and Trust affiliate, from 2002 to 2013, at which time the bank merged with Texas Bank and Trust. He continued to serve as president of that branch until April 2021. Meadows holds a BBA degree in finance from the University of Texas–Tyler. He is a graduate of the Bank Operations Institute at East Texas State University, National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma and the Consumer Lending School at the University of Texas–Austin. Active in the community, he is a past president of the Overton Independent School District board of trustees, past board member for the Overton-New London Area Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Overton Rotary Club, past vice chairman for the Overton Municipal Development District and past member of the executive board of directors for the Friends of the Longview Public Library. He currently serves as president of the Bruce McMillan Jr. Foundation Inc., and on the board of the Overton Housing Authority.
Purvis, currently a senior vice president, has been promoted to consumer loan manager and also serves as branch manager for the bank’s Pine Tree Financial Plaza location. Employed by the bank as a lender since 2005, he is a graduate of Texas Tech University with a BBA degree in finance and a minor in real estate. Active in his community, he volunteers with a number of local organizations throughout Harrison County, including the Harrison County Emergency Services District #3, for which he serves as fire commissioner, treasurer and volunteer firefighter/first responder/EMT. Purvis also serves the community through his church, First United Methodist Church of Marshall, for which he has served as a member of the board of trustees and finance committee. He was previously involved with Boy Scout Troop 239 and Cub Scout Pack 239, and has served as chairman of the Marshall Economic Development Corp. board of directors. Mr. Purvis has also served as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award chairman for the Rotary Club of Marshall board for the past 20 years.
Reynolds joined the staff of Texas Bank and Trust in 2020 as assistant vice president/credit manager. Involved in the financial services industry since 2006, he was previously credit manager for American State Bank in Tyler. He holds a BBA degree in finance from Texas State University. Reynolds is a past member and fundraising treasurer for South Tyler Rotary, as well as a past member of the Waco Chamber of Commerce.
Established in 1958, Texas Bank and Trust Co. operates 21 branches throughout East Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
